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110-2001-R0101†††† Authorization to
Confer the Title of Professor Emeritus of Music upon Clifford M. Shipp; Montana
State University-Bozeman

†THAT:†††††††††††††††††††††††††††
Upon the occasion of
the retirement of Clifford M. Shipp from the faculty of Montana State
University, the Board of Regents wishes to express its appreciation for his
service to the University, the Montana University System, and the people of the
State of Montana.

EXPLANATION:Dr.
Shipp joined the faculty of the College of Arts and Architecture as Dean in
July of 1989.† He came to Bozeman with
an impressive record of quality teaching, academic administration and music
performance.† Prior to his appointment as
Dean, Dr. Shipp was the President of the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.† Dr. Shipp brought an enthusiastic and
energetic administrative style to the Deanís office.† He emphasized that the students are the most important people on
campus and that his role was one of facilitator in the teaching and learning
process.† His positive attitude helped
to foster an environment of excellence in teaching and creative activity within
the College of Arts and Architecture.†
During this time he also built an impressive record of music
compositions, performance, and scholarly activity.† Dr. Shipp received the award of tenure in Music during 1992 in
recognition of his professional and creative work.

The faculty in the College of Arts and Architecture
recognized Dr. Shipp as a talented leader with an optimistic vision and a
genuine concern for the entire faculty and staff within the College.† He was an excellent listener who believed
that his role was to build a team based upon common purpose and values.† To insure the viability of the College, he
increased the visibility of all of the programs under his leadership.† His own service within the greater
university included chairing the search for the new President of Montana State
University and the University Planning Committee.† In both of these capacities, he demonstrated his ability to build
consensus and to act as a true statesman on behalf of the University.

During his tenure as Dean, Dr. Shipp initiated a successful
college newsletter to inform alumni and friends of the successes of the
students and faculty within the college.†
He also developed a model for creative arts funding based upon the
popular EPSCOR program for the sciences.†
He personally led the students and faculty in our most successful annual
phonathons in which alumni are asked for support for scholarships, visiting
lectures, and other program enhancements.†
Dr. Shipp demonstrated his commitment to community and state cultural
outreach in his enthusiastic promotion of music, art, and the Shakespeare in
the Parks programs.† These efforts
helped to bridge the gap that occasionally exists between the University and
the surrounding community.†

From the spring of 1992 until his retirement in 1998, Dr.
Shipp served as Executive Director of the Montana State University
Foundation.† Under his leadership, the
assets of the Foundation grew from $24,284,000 to $47,424,000.† In his last year of service the annual
contributions to MSU reached a record $7,433,000.

The highly successful Second Century Campaign was conducted
during his tenure at the Foundation.†
This campaign exceeded its goal of $25,000,000 by more than
$4,000,000.† Dr. Shipp also successfully
solicited the single largest gift to support the operation of the new
Foundation/Alumni Center on the MSU-Bozeman campus.

Dr. Clifford Shipp has had a significant impact on both the
College of Arts and Architecture and the MSU Foundation.† For this consistently high level of
professional performance, we request the honor of the title of Professor
Emeritus be awarded to Dr. Clifford Shipp.†

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For these and other contributions, the Board of Regents of
Higher Education is pleased to confer upon Clifford M. Shipp the rank of
Professor Emeritus of Music at Montana State University and wishes him well for
many pleasant years in the future.†